A report released Thursday by the UN-backed initiative Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said the Gaza Strip's 2.3 million residents are currently facing high levels of acute food insecurity, and that the situation could deteriorate drastically if the status quo persists.
The IPC forecasts that by February 7, at current rates, the entire population in the Gaza Strip would be at "crisis or worse" levels of hunger on its five-level scale.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Security Council has again postponed a vote on a resolution on the war between Hamas and Israel to Friday.
The latest delay came even as the United States, which has opposed a string of proposals during the drafting of the resolution, said it was ready to support the text in its current form.
After days of delays, the latest draft is understood to include calls for "urgent steps to immediately allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access, and also for creating the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities."
Members of the UN Security Council reached a compromise on the controversial issue of how humanitarian goods are to be checked.
The checks are to be carried out by a newly appointed UN coordinator. In cooperation with all actors, this coordinator will also ensure the acceleration of international aid.
The text is the result of intensive negotiations involving the US, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt. It calls for an “urgent” but not “immediate” cessation of hostilities.
According to the IPC, famine conditions are yet to take hold, but warns this transition is highly likely unless the situation improves.
Food and water have become increasingly scarce in Gaza since Israel began retaliatory military strikes and a ground invasion in the enclave, in response to the October 7 attacks launched from Gaza by the Islamist militant group Hamas.
Israel immediately blockaded the region after the attack — which killed nearly 1,300 Israelis — cutting off deliveries of fuel, medicine, food, and water. Although it later allowed a trickle of aid in through Egypt, UN agencies say only 10% of Gaza's food needs have been entering for weeks.
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